GMKtec has presented its EVO-T2 Mini-PC at the 2025 Technology Innovation and Industry Ecology Conference in China. The key spec is that it’s based on the latest Panther Lake platform. Scheduled for Q1 2026, this compact machine comes equipped with a massive amount of RAM, dwarfing many full-size desktops.
The EVO-T2 follows its predecessor design, powered by the new Core Ultra 300H series instead of the Core Ultra 200H mobile chips. The company seems to have chosen one of the series’ highest models, packing 12 Xe3 graphics cores. This GPU configuration is expected to only be offered on the Core Ultra X7 and X9 variants, all of which carry 16 cores in total, split into 4 P-cores, 8 E-cores, and 4 LPE-cores. And since every modern PC has to be AI capable, it’s also getting up to 180 TOPs of combined AI compute.
GMKtec is targeting 80W TDP for the processor, which should give it enough headroom to spread its wings. For reference, such chips generally operate around 45W to avoid straining laptops’ cooling systems. It is unclear if users will have the option to manually tweak this target higher to potentially gain more oomph. As far as default performance goes, Intel claims that Panther Lake offers 50% higher multi-threaded performance compared to Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake at similar power configurations, with the iGPU also boasting a 50% uplift.
GMKtec is planning to bundle this Mini-PC with up to 128GB of LPDDR5X-10677 memory, which is quite interesting considering that Intel’s announcement slides indicated support for only up to 96GB of LPDDR5x-8533. It seems that Panther Lake has a lot to give, and Intel is playing it safe.
Storage-wise, the EVO-T2 carries space for two M.2 SSDs, one running at Gen 5 speed and the other at Gen 4. In total, you will be able to access up to 16TB of super-fast storage, all in a nice compact package.
Lastly, regarding I/O, the company didn’t share much, but we can distinguish three USB Type-A, one USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm audio jack in the front. Though the back wasn’t pictured, considering that the front is identical to the EVO-T1, we assume the rear will be too, housing a couple of Type-A, one Type-C, one or two LAN ports, plus some video outputs. Also, considering that Panther Lake supports Thunderbolt 4, the EVO-T2 will likely feature at least one of these blazing-fast ports.
GMKtec expects to unveil more information as the Q1 2026 launch target approaches, but we can already guess that the EVO-T2 Mini-PC won’t be cheap. With how memory prices are skyrocketing, its 128GB of RAM alone will be responsible for a good chunk of the price.
